Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,530, Nathan Estabrook, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Estabrook, Nathan
S 43,530
CONTENTS

20.077
New York
Nathan Estabrooks
Essex Co in the State of N. York who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Reding of the Regiment commanded by Colonel G. Brattle in the Massachusetts line, for the term of three years. from 9 January 1777 to January 1780
Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 th day of January 1830
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th of January 1830 and sent to Hon. Isaac Finch, House of Reps.
Arrears to 4th of March, 1830 $ 15. 22 Semi-ann l all ce ending
$ 15. 22
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
Rec: Book 2. Vol: 5 fol: 83.

Letter Maker of Nathan Estabrook
The valuation of Estate of the within named Nathan Estabrook is $47.67

1. Oseph County ss This 18 th day of April 1829 personally appeared in open court in the court of common pleas of said County being a court of Record for said County Nathan Oldbrook resident in said County aged sixty nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the act of congress of the 18 th March 1818 and first of May 1820 that he the said Nathan enlisted for the term of three years in to the Continental Army of the 9 th of January 1777 in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Lieut. Col. Dilling in the 14 th Regiment commanded by General Bradford in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the united States Continental establishment that he contin- ued to serve in the said Corps until the 9 th day of January 1780 when he was dis- charged from the service at Westpoint in the State of New York that he hereby relinquishes his every claim whatsoever to a pension except the present that his name is not on the roll of any State except the State of Massa- chusetts that the reason for not making an earlier application for a pension are because that his pecuniary circumstances

were not that he could not conscientiously make the declaration required by the provisions of the act 1820 but that by reason of age and infirmity he is not now able to provide for himself and family Real Estate as follows house in Redwood in the County of Yolo near Newberger for the purchase money and in the opinion of the declarant will not be at public auction sale for any thing more than for what it is mortgaged and that he does not even expect to be able to pay or redeem the premises -
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The declarant has no other Real estate either in law or equity nor has he had for three years past and that the last of his Real Estate for one hundred Dollars the assets of which have been consumed in the support of my self and family
Personal Estate as follows
  one horse 17 years old value $20-00   one single wagon & harness 14.00   one town cart in my family 40 years 1.00   one light stand bed .75   7 old Ritchen chairs 1.75   2 old trunks 1.50   1 iron Pot 1.50   1 Shovel .16   1 Toasting Iron .75   2 old candle sticks .50   1 iron Shovel 1.00   7 Knives and forks 1.00 

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  3 Cotton Hats $0. 11 3/4   4 Books on affidavits 27 1/2   6 Tin Cithes 17 1/2   3 Invisibles 11 3/4   1 Paint @ cement 25   1 Carthen Jug 25   9 Tea Cups and saucers 50   1 Small Sugar Bowl 10   1 Carthen Tea Pot 37 1/2   1 Ap and one hat old 50   1 Blanket 75   1 old Broad of 30 years old 50   1 Shave old 50   $47.57 
to meet bread and basic support for my family, up three months My occupation a far more but I am of age and infirmity cannot pursue it; my family consists consists of my self and wife her age 63 years her name Leonina Cottwook is not able to labor for the support of the family.
Debts due me from inducts collected $113.52
William Estlin Brook
And in witness of the act of the 1 st of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a widower citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since

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that time by gift there or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to to diminish it as to bring my net within the provision of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war period on the 18 th March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed, that since the 18 th March 1818 the following changes have been made in my property on the 18 th March 1818 I owned in the town of Gray 1 acre of land with small buildings which I sold four years ago for three hundred dollars to Hayward Estabrook and have Rec d $225; in cash the residue with the interest as being due me it being in Schedule hereto annexed also thirty acres of mountain land lying in the township of said county for one hundred dollars to James Estabrook it being the same one hundred dollars mentioned in my schedule the one half the one half has been paid me in cash the other half I have Rec d in my family expenses all of which items above mentioned are now expended for the support of my family & and further say not
Nathan Estabrook

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I Leonard Stone Clerk of the Court of common pleas in and for the County of Essex do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that Nathan O'Callaghan did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common Enemy for the term of nine months under an engagement on the continental establishment I also certify that the foregoing oath or affirmation and the Schedule thereto annexed are a true copy from the records of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property specified in the aforesaid Schedule is $47,57 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said of the said Court this 18 th day of April 1829
Leonard Stone Clerk of the County of Essex and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County
in cause no.

43 530
INVALID.
Rev 
File No. 43,580
Nathan Estabrook
Rev Rev. Dr.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 162
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Admitted
8 July 1870
J H E

Washington Jan y 4 th 1830
Sir
in the case of Capt Estebrook I am able to state from a knowledge of facts in regard to the sale of the house and lot in Say Village, that I have no doubt that it was a Fair and Bonafide sale, & that I am personally acquainted with Capt Estebrook have known him twenty years, he has always sustained a fair Reputation both as to Truth & veracity and Moral Integrity and knows that he has been reduced as to property for several years this I know from common Report only & that I am acquainted with all the Deponents in his case they all, men of good Reputation, and I believe would make no misrepresentations to favor any man
Respectfully Y our Ob ed Serv t -
J. L d Edwards Esq r
Isaac Finch

6. James Estabrook of the town of Chatham in the county of Essex on the 30 th of October 1829 came into the court of Common Pleas of said county tender oath declared that he purchased of Nathan Estabrook the latter land mentioned in the certificate = certificate annexed and paid for the same in the manner as stated by the said declaration upon = said and further declares on his oath that he was knowing to the said Nathan Estabrook selling the lot of land in say described in the said a copy whereof is hereto annexed to Hayward Estabrook believing the same was sold for its full value and has since been informed and believes the said Hayward has since sold said lot & therefor in say for consideration up then the said purchaser money to wit, for two hundred & fifty dollars - and this deponent further saith that he has for many years been acquainted with the manner in which the said Nathan Estabrook has lived & his circum- stances & has no doubt but he has expended there money arising

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from the sale of these lands as represented and stated by the said Nathan Estabrook & for the rest -
Subscribed and acknowledged this 8 th day of October 1825 before me
James Estabrook
Second Vice Clerk of the County of Essex

8 On the third day of October 1828 at the Court House in Cobleskill in the County of Schoharie and State of New York personally came into the Court of Common Pleas of said County Matthew Estabrook the declarant named in the foregoing causes annexed under his oath further declared in said Court that the tract of land owned by him in Cobleskill town on the 18 th day of March 1818 was the and third part of ninety one acres of land which he had the preemptive right of purchase from the State of New York by virtue of the certificate and agreement hereto annexed was sold to before mentioned to James Estabrook for one hundred dollars the one half of which I have agreed then two years since in cash & the other half in installments & clothing for myself & family all of which has long since been expended for the support maintenance of the declarant and family as mentioned in the Schedule hereto annexed marked (B) and this declarant further saith that the acre of land situate in say in said County represented to have been sold to Matthew Estabrook was conveyed to him by a deed a copy whereof is hereto annexed and now

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sold for the sum or price of three hundred and fifty one  one  that  that the same was sold for the full value of the same land - and that he the said declarant from time to time since said sale therefrom the 20 th of October last past did receive two hundred & twenty five dollars of said purchase money from the said Mary Wood Estabrook in cash and has expended the same in a variety of ways for the support of himself and family, having had much sickness in his family and having lost his wife by death after a long & expensive sickness and that the residue of said sum of three hundred and fifty dollars to wit forty five dollars thereof is still due & owing from Mary Wood Estabrook who now resides in the State of Vermont - and further saith not that he is not able satisfactorily to account in detail of all the variety of charges of these small parcels of personal property appropriated in the variety of ways for the support & maintenance of himself & family since the 1 st of March 1874 but can only say that all has been expended as before represented for the support and maintenance of himself and family, including the incidental ex- -penses in sickness & for other said not
Sworn & subscribed this 2 nd 1874 before me Leonard W. Clark of Eastford
Nathan Estabrook

   Description of Property Name of person to whom surplus of Time of Sale Amount of money or description of property and for what purpose     1/3 of 90 acres of land in Elizabethtown James Estlin - brook - May 23 rd 1828 $100. half cash & half yearly installments for family support.   An acre of land in ferry Haywood Estabrook May 17 th 1828 $350. 275 in cash & residue of 75 per share  
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Southam Estate

from One Last
Lot No 184
Cash $63.70
Paid 16.70
Due $ 47—
Surveyor General's Office
Albany 28 August 1844
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I do hereby certify that the Phelps tract Knapp & Frederick Knapp has this day been handed by application set that certain tract of land situate in the County of Otsego and distinguished as lot number one hundred and eighty four of the tract of land called the lot one tract in the reservation of Lake Champlain as the same has been surveyed and is described in the field book and map and that filed in the office of the Secretary of the State containing ninety one acres in which lot the sum of fifteen Dollars and seventy five cents has been paid the remaining due the sum of forty three Dollars to be paid with interest at the rate of six per cent per annum in three equal payments thereof six and nine months from the date hereof.
Simon D. Smith
Surveyor General
Surveyor General's Office State of New York
Recd of from Phelps Knapp the sum of thirty two Dollars and seven cents on account of due I & principle due on the above mentioned lot of land Albany 28 Nov 1844 Chas. I. Harkness John C. Phelps Esq. Clerk
2 - 71 - On 31.32 94.07

Know all men by these presents that I have Rapp do hereby give and assign all my rights titles and interest property claims and the interest of in and due to the within mentioned land or premises to Nathan P. Atkinson of the City of Astoria Jan 6 th 1817 Sealed and delivered in presence of N. Nicholson
Isaac Rapp
Know all men by these presents that I Nathan P. Atkinson of the City of Astoria do for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars to me in hand paid by James Atkinson of the same place give and assign over unto the said James and his heirs and assigns forever all my rights and titles to the annexed en- tire estate with all my hands and seal the 28 th day of May 1826 Sealed and delivered in presence of J. S. Lockwood
Nathan P. Atkinson
Know all men by these presents that I Nathan P. Atkinson of the City of Astoria do hereby certify that on the 28 th day of May 1826 personally came before me Nathan P. Atkinson a person to me well known and acknowledged that he had executed the above assignment freely and voluntarily for the uses and purposes in the above assign- -ment expressed N. Nicholson Commissioner Not Public

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State of New York Essex County Clerk's office } ss: I Leonard Stone Clerk of the County of Essex do hereby certify that I have ex- ined the original papers of which the above is a copy true copy In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County this 3 rd day of October in the year 1829.
Leonard Stone Clerk

30.025
File A.

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Know all men by these presents that I Hathem Estabrook of Elizabethtown of the County of Esopus in the State of New York for & in consideration of the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars to me in hand paid before the delivery hereof will and truly Raywood Estabrook of Esopus in the County and State aforesaid the receipt where of is hereby acknowledged have given granted bargain and sold & by these presents do give grant bargain sell alien supple convey and confirm unto him the said Raywood Estabrook his heirs & assigns forever all that certain parcel of land situate in Esopus aforesaid bounded in the following order beginning at a pine stump the north of which runs on to a rock being the south east corner of lands belonging to Dehon Hall which he bought of Sylvester Hall from them sixteen rods easterly down the river on the line of the old road when it formerly ran down the River then northerly for enough to contain an acre of land at right angles north to the first mentioned bound, including the two wells there built by Ebenezer Conner and other building belonging thereunto being an acre of land that James McAlister sold to James Rufus and the tract that James Rufus sold to Hathem Estabrook provided

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whereby that the Road lately laid out for the southward corner of the said tract is not included in the aforesaid grant hereinafter and to have to that the said granted premises with all the privileges & appurtenances to the same belong- -ing to him the said Mary Wood Estabrook her heirs & assigns to the their own and only proper use benefit & behoof forever and the said Northern Estabrook for myself my heirs executors and administrators do hereunto grant and agree to with the said Mary Wood Estabrook her heirs & assigns that until the delivery hereof I was the lawful owner of the said premises herein recited and possessed thereof in my own right in full simple & have full power and lawful authority to grant and convey the same in manner aforesaid. That the said premises now for and clear of all and every incumbrance what- =soever, that the said Northern Estabrook my heirs executors & administrators shall & will war- =rant the same to him the said Mary Wood Estabrook her heirs and assigns against the lawful

18 claims and demands of any person and persons whomsoever. Witness my hand & seal this seventeenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six.
Matthew Estabrook
Sealed & delivered in presence of
James Estabrook Henry Estabrook
State of New Hampshire
Essex County ss. On the 17 day of May 1826
personally came before me Matthew Estabrook the person within named and a person to me well known and acknowledged that he has executed the within deed freely & voluntarily for the use and purposes therein mentioned all of which I hereby certify and allow the same to be recorded
H. Welchman
Commissioner
Recorded May
17 th 1826 at
12 o'clock at
Naum - Ashley County 6th.

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State of New York
Erie County Clerk's Office
I Leon A. Stone Clerk of the county of
Here do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record of a deed remaining on record in
this office
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said county this 8 th day of
October in the year 1829
Leon A. Stone Clerk

In the Matter of Nathan Estabrooks per p. perior
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]

State of New York
Essex County ss: Northern Estabrook of Elizabeth -town in the County of Essex aforesaid being duly sworn saith that on the 28 th day of May 1826 he sold to James Estabrook his right and title to an third part of lot No 184 in the Green and Market called & mentioned in his Affidavit made before the last County Court of said County to be put to the Hananake the Secretary at War) for an hundred dollars, that the same was a bona fide sale & made without any view or intention to aid this deponent in obtaining a pension or to place him in a situation to be entitled thereto, that the same was sold as this deponent then and now believes for the full value thereof - And this deponent further saith that said lot of land is unimproved and in a wild uncultivated state, & never was in the actual possession of this deponent - That there is a small cedar patch on said lot which constitutes the principal value of the same, and this deponent further saith said lot is a broken & mountainous lot of land, & unfit for cultivation or to make a settlement thereon -
And this deponent further saith that the lot of land in say conveyance to Henry Wood Estab- -brook on the seventeenth of May 1826 was sold, bona fide, & as this deponent then now believes for the full value thereof.

2: Which said lot is also mentioned by this deponent in his Affidavit of Appear made and forwarded with a view of obtaining a pension. And this deponent further saith that said lot in Jersey contains an acre of land with a small house thereon, and a small beginning of a Barnery thereon, and was sold by this deponent without any view or intention thereby of placing himself in a situation to obtain a pension; but was disposed of in good faith and in the ordinary course of business for the better maintenance of himself & family - And this deponent further saith said lot of land in Jersey now belongs to John Burnant or John Burnant Junior as he this deponent is informed & believes, and this deponent further saith that it is more than twelve years since he this deponent was in the actual possession & occupancy of said lot of land in Jersey aforesaid - And this deponent further saith that Hayward Estabrook lives in the State of Vermont & his testimony therefrom cannot be obtained without considerable expense if a journey should be taken therefor for the saith not -
Sworn and subscribed this 11 th day of December 1829 before me
Frederick D. Clark Clerk of the County of Essex
Nathan Estabrook

State of New York
with
3. I hereby certify that James Estabrook of Eliza = with town in said County being duly sworn write that the lot of land No 152 in the Green and tract purchased by the defendant of Nathan Estabrook and mentioned in his Affidavit hereto annexed is a broken mountain and lot of land, lies in a hilly place, off of the road, is not calculated ever to be used for farming purposes principal that the value of said lot consists in a small swamp of white cedar, which may be useful for fencing, that he this defendant gave the full value of the one third of said lot as he believes I am not now believe he could sell it for the price he gave therefor, that the said purchase was a fair and under fair than action for the said matter
Sworn and subscribed this 11 day of November 1829 before me.
James Estabrook
Edward Stone Clerk of the County of Essex

State of New York
Essex County ss: I, Leonard Stowe of Elizabethton
and Elizabethton clerk of the said County of Essex and Elizabethton of the same place do hereby certify that they have known Nathan Estabrook & James Estabrook for several years and believe them to be men whose statements declarations under oath are entitled to full credit and belief
Leonard Stowe
I was not subscribed the 11th day of Nov 1829 before me.
G. Stowe
Dr. Estabrook first image of Essex Co Blair, Campbell & Co

State of New York
5. Gay County ss. Have said Estabrook of Gay in in the County of Gay aforesaid being duly sworn says that in the year 1826 he the deponent purchased of Nathan Estabrook one acre of land lying in the town of Gay aforesaid on which was one small house and one Barn both very small and old, and small beginning of a Farmery that the amount of the purchase money was three hundred and fifty Dollars that sum has been paid excepting about seventy five Dollars that moneys paid have been to the said Nathan for his support that the said Nathan holds the deponents Note for the sum now remaining due that the purchase was bona fide and what at that time was the full value.
and further the deponent says not sworn and subscribed Hayward Estabrook before me this 19 th day of November 1829
N. Nicholson J. Dean I certify that Hayward Estabrook is a credable witness N. Nicholson J. Dean

State of New York } Essex County } s
John Purmort Jr of Say in the County of Essex being duly sworn saith that he knows Nathan Estabrook who formerly resided in Say in said County and is acquainted with the lot of one acre of land which he sold to Haywood Estabrook in 1826 situated in Say aforesaid - And this deponent further saith that he was knowing to the sale of said lot of land to the said Haywood Estabrook for three hundred and fifty Dollars, and also knowing to said Haywood making out the purchase money (or part of it) and at different times, and always thought the said sale to be a bonified sale without any reserve or fraud whatever, and that the (the said deponent) always considered the said lot of land to be sold for its full value at that time, - And this deponent further saith that said Haywood Estabrook has since sold said lot for one hundred Dollars less than the former purchase, which last sale this deponent did consider and still considers to be a bonified sale of said lot. And this deponent further saith that Nathan Estabrook and Haywood Estabrook are considered men of veracity in community. And further saith not.
John Purmort Jr
Sworn and subscribed
this 13 th day of Nov. 1839
before me J. Bowman Sustin of the Peace
I hereby certify that John Purmort Jr is in my opinion a credible witness
J. Bowman Sustin

State of New York Essex County ss }
27 Sasfer Gowsley of Say in the County of Essex being duly sworn saith that he knows Nathan Estabrook who formerly resided in Say in said County, and is acquainted with the lot of one acre of land which he sold to Haywood Estabrook in 1836 situated in Say aforesaid. — And this deponent further saith that he was knowing to the sale of said lot of land to the said Haywood Estabrook for three hundred and fifty dollars And also knowing to said Haywood making out money for the further purchase of said lot, and always thought the said sale to be a bonafide sale without fraud or reserve, and that he (the said deponent) always considered the said sale to be the full value of said lot at that time, — And this deponent further saith that said Haywood Estabrook has since sold said lot of land for a less sum than the former sale, which last sale he always considered a bonafide sale of said lot, and that the said last purchasers are now, and have ever been (since the said purchasing) in actual possession of said lot. — And this deponent further saith that Nathan Estabrook and Haywood Estabrook are considered in community to be men of veracity and further saith not.
Sasfer Gowsley
Sworn and subscribed This 13 th day of Nov. 1839 before me
J. Bowman Luster
I hereby certify that, in my opinion the above named Sasfer Gowsley is a credible witness
J. Bowman Luster

State of New York
8. Essex County Frederick Haasz of the town of Elizabeth in said County being duly sworn saith that he knows Nathan Estab- -brook of the place aforesaid and is acquainted with the Lot of Land of thirty three acres lying in said Town which he sold to James Estabrook in the year 1826 — And this deponent further saith that the value of said Lot was one hundred Dollars at the time of sale in 1826. J. Haasz
Personall came before me Frederick Haasz (and made Oath that he subscribed the above deposition or affidavit and that the same is a just and true statement of Elizabeth Town Sworn and subscribed this 20 th day of November 1889
David Judd Justice of Peace

File
B.

In the Matter of Capt. N. Estabrook Affidavit proof for a Pension -
J. Finch
at Mrs. Myer's

State of New York
Efsex County
9. David Judd of Elizabeth- town in the County of Efsex being duly sworn saith that he is acquainted with Nathan Estab- brook (of the place aforesaid) and saith that he knows a piece of Land Lying in Elizabeth town and contains thirty three Acres of Land which is a Subdivision of a plot of Land No 18th in the Town one tract which Lot contains 98 Acres as surveyed by said deponent - And this deponent further saith that the said thirty three acres of Land was owned by Nathan Estabbrook and sold by him to James Estabbrook in the year 1826 and that he verily believe the same to have been a good and valid sale and this deponent further saith that the said piece of Land was at that time was in value worth one hundred Dollars and further this deponent saith not
David Judd
Sworn & Subscribed before me
This 21 st day of December 1829
Deodorus Holcomb Justice

Brief in the case Nathan Estabrook of New York
Hon Isaac Finch A. R.

Original claim
File A. Page 1.
Nathan Eastabrook of Essex County N.Y. served 3 Years from January 1777 to January 1780. His name is found on the rolls of Service.
His declaration is dated April 18. 1829. He states that his pecuniary circumstances have been such that he could not heretofore conscientiously apply for a pension; but by reason of age and infirmity he is not now able to provide for himself and family.
File A. Page 2
He has a house in Resenville under mortgage for the purchase money, which he says would not sell at public sale for more than the amount of the mortgage, and that he never expects to be able to redeem it. The amount of mortgage is not stated.
Note — There is no evidence of this mortgage, its origin, or of the value of the Equity of Redemption.
File A. Page 3.
  His personal property consists of household furniture amounting to . . . . .  } 47. 57.    And debts due to him available, amounting to . . .  113. 50     $ 161. 01  
Certificate & assignment File A. pays 12.8 13.
  Since the 18 th March 1828, he has sold to his Son James 30 Acre of Mountain lands for . . . . .  } 100. 00.  
Deed File A pays 16.
  And to his Son Hayward 1 acre of lands in Jay, for . . . . .  } 350. 00     $ 450. 00  

The Sons have paid in cash $325 in clothing and necessaries $50; and there is a balance due of $75, which is included in the claimants schedule, as a part of debts available.
The claimant does not show by the usual testimony how he has applied the sum of $325, received from the sale of his land, but states generally that it has all been expended for the support of his family. The property was sold in May 1826.
On the examination of the claim, the applicant was required to produce evidence that the transaction between him and his sons was bona fide. He now makes an additional affidavit (see file B page 1) accompanied by the testimony of James & Haywood Castabrook the purchasers (file B. Pages 3 & 5,) who corroborate their fathers statement. They swear that they gave the full value for the land, and that it was a fair sale, and paid for in the manner stated by their father. James Castabrook states, that he could not sell the property for what it cost him.
File B. Page 6.
John Surmont supports the case and states that Haywood Castabrook has since sold his land for $100 less than he gave for it.
File B. Page 7.
Jesse Tousley swears to the same facts.

File B Pages 889
Frederick Haas and David Sudds swear that the land sold to James Estelbrook was worth but $100; the price he gave for it
The deponents are all certified to be credible witnesses. David Sudds is a Justice of the Peace.
Note. The file B requires authentication

Albany NY Oct 10 th
Free
Hon ble Secretary of War
Washington City -
Pension Office 19 th Oct. 1829.

Pension Office 19th Oct. 1829.
Free
Honble Secretary of War
Washington City
Miss Mary West 10th Oct

Ebenezer May. Oct 10 th 1862.
Sir, At the request of Mr. Estabrook, I take the liberty of returning his papers for your inspection in an amended form, to agree with your suggestions they were attempted to be inserted in all those particulars where a deficiency was pointed out - Mr. Estabrook is known here to be a sensible, intelligent, honest and concerning old man, he retains in poverty all the marks of the gentleman, & sincerely feels all his misfortunes, all his accusations and his entitled to full credit & he has very much regret his failure in obtaining this the  the pension as a relief in necessitous old age -
I am Sir. Respectfully Your Most Obedt & very humble Servt D. Estabrook Esq. of Essex County Canada -
Rev Secretary of War -